TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
What is Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)?
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a healing system of Eastern medicine developed in China more than 2,000 years ago, incorporating therapies that are in some cases millennia older. In addition to treating illness, TCM focuses on strengthening the body's defenses and enhancing its capacity for healing and to maintain health.
Traditional Chinese Medicine encompasses how the human body interacts with all aspects of life and the environment, including the seasons, weather, time of day, our diet and emotional states. It sees the key to health as the harmonious and balanced functioning of body, mind and spirit, and holds that the balance of health depends on the unobstructed flow of qi (pronounced chee) or "life energy" through the body, along pathways known as meridians. Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners see disease as the result of disruptions in the circulation of qi. Ascribing the healing abilities of TCM to modifying the flow of qi is problematic for many Western scientists and physicians, because qi itself - if it exists - cannot be directly measured, or even detected, through any known means. This has led some in the West to ascribe TCM's successes to a biochemical mechanism, such as stimulating endorphin production via acupuncture needles to reduce pain. Several studies have shown that insertion of the needles does indeed stimulate endorphin release in the tissues. At least one study suggests it may work via influencing adenosine and adenosine receptors (adenosine is a molecule is considered by biologists to be life's "energy currency"). Similar mechanisms may be at work for other TCM techniques such as acupressure, moxibustion and cupping (see below).
Traditional Chinese Medicine by Dr. Holly Nobil
Holly Nobil earned her Acupuncture physician degree from the renowned Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine. She is a health coach from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, and holds certification in the Gyrotonic Expansion method, NADA Detox, Neurological Disorders with Scalp Acupuncture and Cosmetic Acupuncture. Dr. Nobil specializes in treating people who suffer from chronic pain, anxiety / depression, gastrointestinal problems, insomnia, sexual dysfunctions, weight management, fertility, autoimmune disorders, and cardiovascular disease.
Dr. Nobil has lectured numerous times on the connection between health and beauty from a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective.